Apparatus and Methodology for De-sheathing Covered Drinking Straws
OwnerJohn T. DeVriesinventor
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Abstract
One possible embodiment of the invention could be a de-sheathing apparatus and a methodology of its use in de-sheathing a covered drinking straw. The de-sheathing apparatus could comprise of a body having a de-sheathing device, the de-sheathing device forming a de-sheathing orifice into which a covered drinking straw may be inserted, wherein the de-sheathing device applies sufficient force to the covered drinking straw to prevent passage of at least a portion of the covering back through the de-sheathing orifice when the drinking straw with the remainder of covering is removed from proximity with the de-sheathing apparatus.
Claims20
A de-sheathing apparatus for a covered drinking straw comprising of:
- (A) a body having a de-sheathing device;
- (B) the de-sheathing device forming a de-sheathing orifice, the de-sheathing orifice having at least a first orifice diameter, the de-sheathing orifice expanding in size to a larger second orifice diameter when at least a portion of a covered drinking straw is inserted through the de-sheathing orifice in one direction;
- (C) wherein the de-sheathing device applies sufficient force to the covered drinking straw to prevent passage of at least a portion of the covering of the covered drinking straw back through the de-sheathing orifice when the drinking straw with a remainder of the covering is removed in a second direction from contact with the de-sheathing device.
A method for operating a de-sheathing device for a covered drinking straw comprising of the following steps but not necessarily in the following order:
- (A) providing a body having a de-sheathing device that forms a de-sheathing orifice that has an initial first orifice diameter that can expand to a larger second orifice diameter when at least a portion of a covered drinking straw is inserted through the de-sheathing orifice in one direction;
- (B) inserting the at least a potion of the covered drinking straw into the de-sheathing orifice in one direction;
- (C) applying force by the body to the covered drinking straw;
- (D) moving the covered drinking straw in a second direction;
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- (E) preventing a portion of a covering of the covered drinking straw from passing back through the de-sheathing orifice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.